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Ukushalaza·When you see someone you know, but pretend not to notice them.

Zulu

Ølfrygt·The fear of not being able to find a beer while out of town.

Danish

Miendientje·Little mine-yours thing.

Low Saxon

Shotgun·An exclamation made upon sight of a vehicle in which a passenger will travel, designating the seat as proprietary of the exclaimer for the duration of an upcoming trip.

English

Empalagarse·To eat so much of a sweet food you can't stand it anymore.

Spanish

Gruglede·You're so excited for something coming up that you both look forward to it and not.

Norwegian

Mångata·The road-like reflection of moonlight on water.

Swedish

Thoil·To be able to afford something but unable to justify it's expense.

English/Yorkshire

Mos·As you already know, as you will agree, as I have told you previously, as is common knowledge.

Afrikaans

Befindlichkeiten·Attitudes and ways of thinking that lead to unrest, discord, disharmony.

German

Poprawiny·The party you have the day after a wedding reception to finish off all the food and drink.

Polish

Plombenzieher·Candy so sticky it pulls out your fillings.

German

Yahourt·A foreign song that you sing despite not speaking the language, just by imitating the sounds.

French

ġarraz·To get stuck in sand.

Grobmotoriker·Somebody, who is really bad at doing stuff, that requires patience and concentration or sb. who does things very quickly and thus doing many errors and mistakes.

German

ġibṭah·Is the feeling you have when you wish to have what someone else has without being envious.

Arabic

Pufaikciems·Village of puffy jackets.

Latvian

Goshiwon·A very small room that students live in while studying for an important test.

Korean

Kaçıncı·Lit How manyth.

Turkish

bierernst·Literally: beer serious; figuratively: deadly serious

German

ブサカワ/busakawa·Ugly yet cute, adorably ugly.

Japanese

Attpåklatt·A child born a considerable amount of years after their siblings.

Norwegian

Attendrissement·The warm feeling you get when you see something cute or moving, literally going soft.

French

Gigil·To grit the teeth in order to resist the urge to pinch or squeeze something extremely cute.

Tagalog

Bettenburg·Literally bed fortress/castle, a derogatory term for a big hotel designed for mass tourism.

German

Romjul·The period between Christmas and New Year.

Norwegian

Naktibalda·Person who makes a lot of noise at night when others are sleeping.

Lithuanian

Mahlzeit!·A greeting or farewell from or adressed to a person heading off to lunch, or in the process of eating lunch.

German

Tubelight·Someone who understands something (usually a joke) waayyyy later.

Hojarasca·The carpet of dead, fallen leafs on a forest floor.

Spanish